Lid-supporter and price-tag holder.



' No. 871,752- PATENTED NOV. 19, 1907.

P. GANFIELD.

LID SUPPORTER AND PRICE TAG HULDER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23, 1906UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK OANFIELD, OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGN- MENTS, OF THREE-FOURTHS TO ALFRED W. WEIL, ONE-EIGHTH TO NATHANQ. TAN- QUARY, AND ONE-EIGHTH TO HAMILTON ARMSTRONG, OF DENVER,COLORADO.

LID-SUPPORTER AND PRICE-TAG HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK CANFIELD, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city and county of Denver and State of Colorado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Lid-Supporters andPrice- Tag Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to a lid supporting device more especially intendedfor use in connection with cigar boxes whereby the open lid may besupported at any desired inclination.

The invention also embraces a price tag holder adapted. to occupy aconspicuous place on the front surface of the lid when raised.

My object is to provide a device of this class which shall be simple inconstruction, economical in cost, reliable, durable and efficient inuse, and to this end the invention consists of the features hereinafterdescribed and claimed, all of which will be fully understood byreference to the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated anembodiment thereof.

In this drawing, Figure 1 is a front view of a cigar box equipped withmy improvements showing the price tag holder in place. Fig. 2 is a viewtaken at right angles to Fig. 1 or in the direction indicated by arrow 2in the last named figure. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of the same withthe price tag holder absent, its place being supplied by a small claspadapted to engage the body of the device and hold the lid at the desiredinclination. Fig. 4 is a perspective view in detail of the price tagholder. Fig. 5 is a perspective view in detail of the body of thedevice. Fig. 6 is a similar detail-view of the clasp employed inconnection with the lid when the price tag holder is not used.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the views.

Let the numeral 5 designate the side walls, 6 the end walls and 7 thehinged lid of an ordinary cigar box.

The body 8 of the lid supporting device consists of a plate providedwith a vertical slot 9 having flanges 10 and 12'extending in oppositedirections in the front and rear of the slot and adapted to engage theadja cent parts of the box whereby the plate is locked against movementexcept in a vertical direction.

l/Vhen the device is applied the rear wall of the box enters the slot,the latter being open at the bottom and closed at the top. In this eventthe flange 10 engages the rear wall of the box on the inside and theflange 12 on the rear end of the adjacent end wall. The front part ofthe upper edge of the plate 8, is provided with a hook-shaped stop 13adapted to engage the upper edge of one end wall of the box when thedevice is applied.

The upper rear portion of the edge of the plate is notched as shown at14 to receive a lip 15 of a price tag holder 16. When this price tagholder is applied to the lid of the box and the lip 15 engages a slot 14of the plate 8, the lid is locked in the desired position. This pricetag holder is a sort of clasp having its forward member 17 longer thanits rear member 18. The upper members are separated to receive the lidof the box, the price tag holder being applied to one end thereof. Therear member of the clasp is bent outwardly as shown at 19 to facilitateits application with a box lid. The forward member 17 of the price tagholder is provided with an opening 20 surrounded by a forwardlyextending flange 21 which is some what beveled or rounded to make roomfor a price tag 22 when the same is inserted from the rear. The forwardedge of the flange is slightly less in diameter than its rearward edgewhere it merges into the member 17, thus allowingthe free insertion ofthe tag but preventing it from escaping in front.

When it is not desired to use the price tag holder a small clasp 23 (seeFig. 6) may be employed. This clasp has a lip 24 adapted to enter theslots 14 of the plate 8. It also has a forward member 25 and a rearwardmember 26, the two members being arranged to straddle the end of the boxlid in a manner similar to the use of the price tag holder. The free endof the member 26 is bent outwardly as shown at 27 to aid in applying itto the lid. The lip 24 extends slightly beyond the body of the device inorder to enter the slot 14 of the plate 8.

In applying the plate 8 to the box, the plate is slid down over theupper portion of the rear wall of the box at one end so that the flanges10 and 12 straddle the said wall and project in opposite directions fromthe body of the plate as heretofore explained. The price tag holder 16or the clasp 23 as the case may be, is then applied to the end of thelid, and the device moves toward the plate until the lip of the onedevice or the other enters the slot 14. of the plate. The lid will thenbe supported in the desired position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A lid supporting device provided with a vertically disposed slothaving flanges projecting in opposite directions from the slot, theflanges being integral with the plate, the upper part of the plate beingprovided with slots corresponding in direction to the radli of thecircle in which the hinged lid of the box moves, and a clasp adapted tobe applied to the end of the box lid and having a lip adapted to engagea radial slot of the plate for the purpose set forth.

2. A lid supporting device having a vertical slot open at the bottom toreceive the rear Wall of a box, the upper part of the plate beingprovided with radially disposed slots, the forward part of the platehaving a hookshaped tooth adapted to engage the upper end wall of thebox when the plate is applied, and a clasp adapted to engage the lid ofthe box and enter a slot of the plate for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of a plate slotted to engage a wall of a box, theupper edge of the plate being provided with recesses open at the top,the said recesses being radially disposed with reference to the centerof motion of the hinged lid of the box, and a tag holder adapted to bemounted on said lid and provided with means for engaging said plate,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK CANFIELD.

Witnesses:

ALFRED WV. WEIL, DENA NELSON.

